Comments on: The Nursing Home Industry: Killing Patients for Profit http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/the-nursing-home-industry-killing-patients-for-profit Loaning brain cells to those in need since 2003 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:12:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Debbie http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/the-nursing-home-industry-killing-patients-for-profit#comment-39472 Debbie Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:52:55 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/the-nursing-home-industry-killing-patients-for-profit#comment-39472 A national chain, Sun Heatlhcare Group Inc., was sued for wrongful death/elder abuse of my mother, Evelyn Calvert. Their medical director testified in April, 2008, he quit due to their lack of staffing, repeated broken equipment and other problems that caused her death and other deaths in 2003-2004 in a Newport Beach, Calfiornia facility. The medical director's name is L Scott Stoney, M.D, of Newport Beach, California. and this is an exerpt of his testimony: Q Why did you resign from Sunbridge? 17 A I resigned because the quality of care they were 18 giving patients. 19 Q What about the quality of care was the reason for 20 your resignation? 21 A It had to do with staffing of nursing, proper 22 treatment of general medical care, the ventilation systems, 23 there were multiple reasons as outlined even in the citations. 24 Q What other reasons come to mind? 25 A Well, they -- the facility didn't respond to my 00029 1 recommendation to take appropriate action in fixing the 2 problems, not in a timely matter, and that's the reason I 3 resigned. 4 Q Which problems? 5 A What's that? 6 Q Which problems are you referring to? 7 A Well, for example, there was -- blood pressure cuffs 8 weren't working and there was incidents where there was a lack 9 of ventilation, there's incidents of inappropriate care of 10 feeding tubes. I'll gladly testify against Sun in any lawsuit. Deb Calvert PO Box 11221 Newport Beach, CA 92658 A national chain, Sun Heatlhcare Group Inc., was sued for wrongful death/elder abuse of my mother, Evelyn Calvert. Their medical director testified in April, 2008, he quit due to their lack of staffing, repeated broken equipment and other problems that caused her death and other deaths in 2003-2004 in a Newport Beach, Calfiornia facility. The medical director’s name is L Scott Stoney, M.D, of Newport Beach, California. and this is an exerpt of his testimony:

Q Why did you resign from Sunbridge?
17 A I resigned because the quality of care they were
18 giving patients.
19 Q What about the quality of care was the reason for
20 your resignation?
21 A It had to do with staffing of nursing, proper
22 treatment of general medical care, the ventilation systems,
23 there were multiple reasons as outlined even in the citations.
24 Q What other reasons come to mind?
25 A Well, they — the facility didn’t respond to my

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1 recommendation to take appropriate action in fixing the
2 problems, not in a timely matter, and that’s the reason I
3 resigned.
4 Q Which problems?
5 A What’s that?
6 Q Which problems are you referring to?
7 A Well, for example, there was — blood pressure cuffs
8 weren’t working and there was incidents where there was a lack
9 of ventilation, there’s incidents of inappropriate care of
10 feeding tubes.

I’ll gladly testify against Sun in any lawsuit.
Deb Calvert
PO Box 11221
Newport Beach, CA 92658

]]> By: Laura http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/the-nursing-home-industry-killing-patients-for-profit#comment-6170 Laura Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:40:08 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/the-nursing-home-industry-killing-patients-for-profit#comment-6170 I've had grave concerns about this trend for the last 20+ years when I saw the Beverly Corp begin buying homes, slapping on a new coat of paint and kicking back, waiting for the checks to roll in. I don't see a real difference here between this trend and a private home situation I became familiar with in the late 80's. A woman was taking in elderly, homeless people in Sacramento. She'd get them to sign their government checks over to her and she'd continue to cash the checks long after they were dead. I guess not reporting their deaths since she had killed them and buried them in her backyard was to her advantage. At least, as far as we know, nursing homes are still reporting deaths in a timely manner. She did go to jail... unlike her slick counterparts running these facilities. We're all disposable, I guess, so beware of any kind of "buy-in" programs where they get their money up front. I’ve had grave concerns about this trend for the last 20+ years when I saw the Beverly Corp begin buying homes, slapping on a new coat of paint and kicking back, waiting for the checks to roll in. I don’t see a real difference here between this trend and a private home situation I became familiar with in the late 80’s. A woman was taking in elderly, homeless people in Sacramento. She’d get them to sign their government checks over to her and she’d continue to cash the checks long after they were dead. I guess not reporting their deaths since she had killed them and buried them in her backyard was to her advantage. At least, as far as we know, nursing homes are still reporting deaths in a timely manner. She did go to jail… unlike her slick counterparts running these facilities. We’re all disposable, I guess, so beware of any kind of “buy-in” programs where they get their money up front.

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